Awards and Honors

Author and educator elevates nuances of the Black experience—and his own experience—through acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction.

A 2021 graduate, Raavi Asdar is part of a cohort teaching English to local Tajiki residents in a U.S.-embassy sponsored American Space.

Through the program, young professionals spend a year living, working, and studying in Germany.

Marwan Ghanem, a spring 2022 graduate with majors in biology and neuroscience, is this year’s winner of the Oberlin College Nexial Prize.

Menafee’s dedication to service-learning projects in a Cleveland urban garden has been recognized by the Ohio Campus Compact.

As a top producer of Fulbrights among baccalaureate institutions, Oberlin continues its long tradition of preparing graduates to live and learn abroad through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program.

A graduate in biology and physics, Boissavy is eyeing a career in plant evolution research.

Fourth-year neuroscience major eyes graduate school and advanced research in neuro-oncology.

Darielle Kennedy says her coursework and leadership in Oberlin Student Senate has prepared her for her career journey.

An art history and East Asian studies double major with an education studies concentration, Lai is constantly striving to learn more about pedagogy and language acquisition.

A musical studies and law and society major, Sarah Wong applied for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to honor her Taiwanese heritage while becoming more fluent in her family’s ancestral languages.

Arman Luczkow will apply his leadership and language skills as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan.